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Dummy Hoy
William Ellsworth Hoy

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 6", Weight 160 lb.

Debut April 20, 1888
Final Game July 17, 1902
Born May 23, 1862 in Houcktown, OH
Died December 15, 1961 in Cincinnati, OH

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Batting Glossary /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1888 26 WHS NL 136  503   77  138  10  8   2   29  82     69  48  .274  .374  .338  134  170              11    
 1889 27 WHS NL 127  507   98  139  11  6   0   39  35     75  30  .274  .374  .320  100  162               6    
 1890 28 BUF PL 122  493  107  147  17  8   1   53  39     94  36  .298  .418  .371  119  183               8    
 1891 29 STL AA 141  567  136  165  14  5   5   66  59    119  25  .291  .424  .360  117  204              12    
 1892 30 WHS NL 152  593  108  166  19  8   3   75  60     86  23  .280  .375  .354  123  210               4    
 1893 31 WHS NL 130  564  106  138  12  6   0   45  48     66   9  .245  .337  .287   69  162              13    
 1894 32 CIN NL 126  495  114  148  22 13   5   70  27     87  18  .299  .416  .426  101  211              12    
 1895 33 CIN NL 107  429   93  119  21 12   3   55  50     52   8  .277  .363  .403   94  173   3           6    
 1896 34 CIN NL 121  443  120  132  23  7   4   57  50     65  13  .298  .403  .409  108  181  33          13    
 1897 35 CIN NL 128  497   87  145  24  6   2   42  37     54      .292  .375  .376   93  187  23          12    
 1898 36 LOU NL 148  582  104  177  15 16   6   66  37     49      .304  .367  .416  125  242  19           9    
 1899 37 LOU NL 154  633  116  194  17 13   5   49  32     61      .306  .376  .398  112  252  15          10    
 1901 39 CHW AL 132  527  112  155  28 11   2   60  27     86      .294  .407  .400  127  211  14          14    
 1902 40 CIN NL  72  279   48   81  15  2   2   20  11     41      .290  .389  .380  128  106  12           4    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons         7112      2044    121      726      0     210  .287  .386  .373  110      119   0   0 134   0
               1796      1426      248     40      594   1004                            2654
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        642  129  184  22 11   4   65  54  0  91  19  .287  .386  .373  110  239  11   0   0  12   0
 Career High    154  633  136  194  28 16   6   75  82  0 119  48  .306  .424  .426  134  252  33   0   0  14   0

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1888 26 WHS NL  583  365   62   4.5    67| .274  .239| .374  .286| .338  .328| .712  .614| 134  .642  23.7   2.7     
 1889 27 WHS NL  588  368   60   4.3    91| .274  .265| .374  .336| .320  .362| .694  .698| 100  .499   4.1   0.4     
 1890 28 BUF PL  595  346   75   5.7    98| .298  .271| .418  .348| .371  .377| .789  .725| 119  .574  20.6   1.9     
 1891 29 STL AA  698  402   84   5.4    98| .291  .271| .424  .357| .360  .367| .784  .723| 117  .635  21.7   2.2     
 1892 30 WHS NL  683  427   78   4.8    79| .280  .248| .375  .321| .354  .332| .729  .653| 123  .623  20.5   2.2     
 1893 31 WHS NL  643  426   52   3.2   103| .245  .282| .337  .360| .287  .384| .624  .744|  69  .317 -23.1  -2.2     
 1894 32 CIN NL  594  347   85   6.4   129| .299  .319| .416  .391| .426  .450| .842  .842| 101  .529   3.9   0.3     
 1895 33 CIN NL  490  313   62   5.1   115| .277  .307| .363  .374| .403  .415| .766  .789|  94  .497  -4.0  -0.4     
 1896 34 CIN NL  554  344   70   5.3   113| .298  .306| .403  .372| .409  .409| .812  .781| 108  .541   8.4   0.8     
 1897 35 CIN NL  586  375   68   4.7   113| .292  .307| .375  .372| .376  .408| .751  .780|  93  .491  -3.8  -0.4     
 1898 36 LOU NL  659  424   87   5.3    90| .304  .277| .367  .341| .416  .355| .783  .696| 125  .635  17.3   1.8     
 1899 37 LOU NL  719  454   93   5.3   100| .306  .290| .376  .352| .398  .377| .774  .730| 112  .594  11.3   1.1     
 1901 39 CHW AL  641  386   83   5.6    95| .294  .281| .407  .337| .400  .377| .807  .713| 127  .618  26.1   2.6     
 1902 40 CIN NL  336  210   40   5.1    84| .290  .277| .389  .333| .380  .340| .769  .673| 128  .670  12.4   1.4     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 14 Seasons     8369 5187  999   5.0    98| .287  .281| .386  .348| .373  .377| .759  .725| 110  .560 138.9  14.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1888 26 WHS NL  OF  136    296   26   37    7  .897  .906  2.37  1.90                0  136    1
 1889 27 WHS NL  OF  127    255   29   35    4  .890  .910  2.24  1.97                1  126    0
 1890 28 BUF PL  OF  122    289   23   30    9  .912  .904  2.56  2.06                0  122    0
                 2B    1      1    2    0    1 1.000  .909  3.00  5.80            
 1891 29 STL AA  OF  141    255   26   28    3  .909  .907  1.99  1.83                0  141    0
 1892 30 WHS NL  OF  152    275   16   38    3  .884  .912  1.91  1.86                3  150    0
 1893 31 WHS NL  OF  130    281   26   37    8  .892  .915  2.36  2.14                0  130    0
 1894 32 CIN NL  OF  126    314   29   40    3  .896  .915  2.72  2.24                0  126    0
 1895 33 CIN NL  OF  107    235   14   33    6  .883  .917  2.33  2.14               62   41    4
 1896 34 CIN NL  OF  120    303   14   18    3  .946  .933  2.64  2.12                0  120    0
 1897 35 CIN NL  OF  128    359   10   26    5  .934  .935  2.88  2.06                0  128    0
 1898 36 LOU NL  OF  148    348   19   21    6  .946  .937  2.48  2.03                0  148    0
 1899 37 LOU NL  OF  154    321   21   27    8  .927  .944  2.22  2.11                0  154    0
 1901 39 CHW AL  OF  132    278   16   13    6  .958  .931  2.23  2.00                0  132    0
 1902 40 CIN NL  OF   72    149    4   11    1  .933  .945  2.12  1.93                0   72    0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1890 28 BUF PL  2B    1      1    2    0    1 1.000  .909  3.00  5.80            

 1888 26 WHS NL  OF  136    296   26   37    7  .897  .906  2.37  1.90                0  136    1
 1889 27 WHS NL  OF  127    255   29   35    4  .890  .910  2.24  1.97                1  126    0
 1890 28 BUF PL  OF  122    289   23   30    9  .912  .904  2.56  2.06                0  122    0
 1891 29 STL AA  OF  141    255   26   28    3  .909  .907  1.99  1.83                0  141    0
 1892 30 WHS NL  OF  152    275   16   38    3  .884  .912  1.91  1.86                3  150    0
 1893 31 WHS NL  OF  130    281   26   37    8  .892  .915  2.36  2.14                0  130    0
 1894 32 CIN NL  OF  126    314   29   40    3  .896  .915  2.72  2.24                0  126    0
 1895 33 CIN NL  OF  107    235   14   33    6  .883  .917  2.33  2.14               62   41    4
 1896 34 CIN NL  OF  120    303   14   18    3  .946  .933  2.64  2.12                0  120    0
 1897 35 CIN NL  OF  128    359   10   26    5  .934  .935  2.88  2.06                0  128    0
 1898 36 LOU NL  OF  148    348   19   21    6  .946  .937  2.48  2.03                0  148    0
 1899 37 LOU NL  OF  154    321   21   27    8  .927  .944  2.22  2.11                0  154    0
 1901 39 CHW AL  OF  132    278   16   13    6  .958  .931  2.23  2.00                0  132    0
 1902 40 CIN NL  OF   72    149    4   11    1  .933  .945  2.12  1.93                0   72    0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Position Total  OF 1795   3958  273  394   72  .915  .922  2.36  2.03               66 1726    5
                 2B    1      1    2    0    1 1.000  .909  3.00  5.80            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Overall Total      1796   3959  275  394   73  .915  .922  2.36  2.03

An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

On-base %
1888 NL-.374-5
1890 PL-.418-8
1891 AA-.424-3
1901 AL-.407-4

Games
1888 NL-136-2
1891 AA-141-1
1892 NL-152-5
1899 NL-154-2

At Bats
1891 AA-567-7
1893 NL-564-7
1899 NL-633-1

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1888 NL-583-4
1891 AA-698-1
1893 NL-643-4
1899 NL-719-1
1901 AL-641-3

Runs
1891 AA-136-2
1899 NL-116-9
1901 AL-112-4
Car-1426-76

Hits
1888 NL-138-10
1891 AA-165-9
1899 NL-194-8

Total Bases
1898 NL-242-10

Doubles
1901 AL-28-5

Triples
1898 NL-16-2
Car-121-96

Home Runs
1898 NL-6-8

Bases on Balls
1888 NL-69-2
1889 NL-75-9
1890 PL-94-4
1891 AA-119-1
1892 NL-86-5
1894 NL-87-7
1896 NL-65-10
1901 AL-86-1

Stolen Bases
1888 NL-82-1
1891 AA-59-4
1892 NL-60-4
1893 NL-48-6
1895 NL-50-7
1898 NL-37-8
Car-594-18

Singles
1888 NL-118-4
1889 NL-122-8
1890 PL-121-10
1891 AA-141-4
1892 NL-136-7
1899 NL-159-7

Adjusted OPS+
1888 NL-134-9

Runs Created
1901 AL-83-9

Adjusted Batting Runs
1888 NL-24-9
1891 AA-22-10
1901 AL-26-9

Batting Wins
1888 NL-2.7-9
1891 AA-2.2-10
1901 AL-2.6-8

Times on Base
1888 NL-218-4
1889 NL-220-10
1890 PL-249-6
1891 AA-296-1
1892 NL-256-6
1899 NL-265-9
1901 AL-255-2

Hit By Pitch
1888 NL-11-3
1889 NL-6-9
1890 PL-8-9
1891 AA-12-7
1893 NL-13-6
1894 NL-12-7
1896 NL-13-8
1897 NL-12-7
1901 AL-14-1
Car-134-28

Sac. Hits
1896 NL-33-1
1897 NL-23-3
1898 NL-19-8
1901 AL-14-10

Power/Speed Number
1898 NL-10.3-7

At Bats per Strikeout
1891 AA-22.7-8
1892 NL-25.8-9
1893 NL-62.7-5
1895 NL-53.6-4
Car-21.9-81

Outs
1891 AA-402-7
1893 NL-426-1
1899 NL-454-1

Oldest Player
1898 NL-36-7
1899 NL-37-4
1901 AL-39-1
1902 NL-40-2

Black Ink: Batting - 8 (275) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 60 (406) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 33.0 (213) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 38.0 (474) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
November 17, 1893: Traded by the Washington Senators to the Cincinnati Reds for Mike Sullivan.
February 3, 1898: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds with Red Ehret and Claude Ritchey to the Louisville Colonels for Bill Hill.
Before 1902 Season: Jumped from the Chicago White Sox to the Cincinnati Reds.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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On-base % 1888 NL-.374-5 1890 PL-.418-8 1891 AA-.424-3 1901 AL-.407-4	Games 1888 NL-136-2 1891 AA-141-1 1892 NL-152-5 1899 NL-154-2	At Bats 1891 AA-567-7 1893 NL-564-7 1899 NL-633-1	Plate Appearances (approx.) 1888 NL-583-4 1891 AA-698-1 1893 NL-643-4 1899 NL-719-1 1901 AL-641-3	Runs 1891 AA-136-2 1899 NL-116-9 1901 AL-112-4 Car-1426-76	Hits 1888 NL-138-10 1891 AA-165-9 1899 NL-194-8
Total Bases 1898 NL-242-10	Doubles 1901 AL-28-5	Triples 1898 NL-16-2 Car-121-96	Home Runs 1898 NL-6-8	Bases on Balls 1888 NL-69-2 1889 NL-75-9 1890 PL-94-4 1891 AA-119-1 1892 NL-86-5 1894 NL-87-7 1896 NL-65-10 1901 AL-86-1	Stolen Bases 1888 NL-82-1 1891 AA-59-4 1892 NL-60-4 1893 NL-48-6 1895 NL-50-7 1898 NL-37-8 Car-594-18
Singles 1888 NL-118-4 1889 NL-122-8 1890 PL-121-10 1891 AA-141-4 1892 NL-136-7 1899 NL-159-7	Adjusted OPS+ 1888 NL-134-9	Runs Created 1901 AL-83-9	Adjusted Batting Runs 1888 NL-24-9 1891 AA-22-10 1901 AL-26-9	Batting Wins 1888 NL-2.7-9 1891 AA-2.2-10 1901 AL-2.6-8	Times on Base 1888 NL-218-4 1889 NL-220-10 1890 PL-249-6 1891 AA-296-1 1892 NL-256-6 1899 NL-265-9 1901 AL-255-2
Hit By Pitch 1888 NL-11-3 1889 NL-6-9 1890 PL-8-9 1891 AA-12-7 1893 NL-13-6 1894 NL-12-7 1896 NL-13-8 1897 NL-12-7 1901 AL-14-1 Car-134-28	Sac. Hits 1896 NL-33-1 1897 NL-23-3 1898 NL-19-8 1901 AL-14-10	Power/Speed Number 1898 NL-10.3-7	At Bats per Strikeout 1891 AA-22.7-8 1892 NL-25.8-9 1893 NL-62.7-5 1895 NL-53.6-4 Car-21.9-81	Outs 1891 AA-402-7 1893 NL-426-1 1899 NL-454-1	Oldest Player 1898 NL-36-7 1899 NL-37-4 1901 AL-39-1 1902 NL-40-2